{"id":172945,"date":"2025-04-06T04:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T04:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/blw\/how-we-prepared-for-childcare-with-a-fully-breastfed-blwer\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T04:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T04:32:05","slug":"how-we-prepared-for-childcare-with-a-fully-breastfed-blwer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=172945","title":{"rendered":"How we prepared for childcare with a fully breastfed BLWer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Ava was nearly a 1 year old when we put her into childcare full-time as I was going back to work\u2026<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was so grateful having spent one whole year with Ava all day every day, I would not have had it any other way. For me, I think the perfect time for going back to work was around 1 year old. Ava was just starting to walk, she was into everything, wanted to socialise with other babies and wanted to discover more and more, and I knew I was ready as I missed the adult communication you get through work and needed focus on my career alongside family life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was mainly concerned about TWO things\u2026\u00a0and it wasn\u2019t me using my brain again or working for\u00a0a new company and role, it was Ava\u2019s food at childcare and our baby led weaning, Ava\u2019s milk and how would she take this shift\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>I was\u00a0worried about the food at childcare,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0primarily because most babies around Ava\u2019s age\u00a0were\u00a0still spoon fed porridge and purees at childcare and Ava had always fed herself and always decided what food went in her mouth. I did not want the\u00a0childcare workers to take control of Ava\u2019s food choices by spoon feeding her. We had put so much time and effort\u00a0into Ava\u2019s baby led weaning journey from 6 months old, she was now a fantastic eater, she was always in control of her food, she decided how much or how little she wanted to eat, we had left it all up to Ava\u00a0and had never fussed \u2013 no pressure on mealtimes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><b>My breastfeeding dilemma \u2013 Ava at this point in time was 100% breastfed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we never had any success with bottles, probably because she was such a good breast feeder, she only had the boob as her milk feeds. At around 12 months old Ava was on 3-4 breastfeeds per day, however things had to change as I was going back to work full-time. We had practiced a couple weeks before with breastmilk in the cup, which she avoided, so we then tried cow\u2019s milk in a cup several times over and over\u2026 and still \u2013 NOTHING. She would just throw the cup or turn her head away.\u00a0 So I thought when the crunch comes to it and i am not around at childcare she would take the cup with breastmilk or cows milk\u2026 was I wrong! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>So how did we tackle\u00a0the food concern?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After visiting a\u00a0few childcare centres\u2026 we found one that had a good feel and most importantly respected our needs for Ava to continue her baby led weaning journey with them. The child care we chose had heard of baby led weaning and were comfortable\u00a0with this way of Ava self-feeding.\u00a0So how did we prepare?<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>We explained the concept of baby led weaning:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0explain the concept of baby led weaning (some childcares have heard of BLW &amp; some haven\u2019t!). We\u00a0sat down with the childcare principal and addressed our concerns about \u2018no spoon feeding\u2019 and control of food intake by Ava, I gave them a copy of the Gill Rapley Baby led weaning book for them to read up about it which they were very interested in doing. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>We showed them how bub eats!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0After our first couple of meetings with the Principal, I wanted them to see how Ava eats. So we came back for another visit with Ava and we all sat together and ate lunch. Doing this\u00a0showed them how Ava liked to control her food, she would simply pick everything up herself and eat it (or sometimes, squeeze it or play with it \u2013 but at 12mo Ava was way past the messy BLWing phase),\u00a0no spoon feeding, control with bub at all times, gagging etc. Don\u2019t be afraid to ask and demonstrate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Menu selection \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0they gave me the option to provide food for bub daily or bub could eat solid food they have available. I took a look at the menu and checked the healthy approval ratings. A lot of the food was still a little mushy and a lot was processed so we\u00a0decided to provide Ava\u2019s breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea each day, and she was able to eat any fresh fruit snacks for morning tea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How did we tackle our breastfeeding dilemma?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-858\" style=\"width: 929px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-858 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.43.13-pm.png\" alt=\"water and breastmilk\" width=\"929\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.43.13-pm.png 929w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.43.13-pm-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.43.13-pm-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.43.13-pm-600x296.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">water and breastmilk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Week 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0of childcare \u2013 i provided childcare with 2x cups \u2013 one with breastmilk, one with water. She loves her cup of water and she loves water. She always has and will always sip it with most meals. As for my breastmilk she avoided it and didn\u2019t want it in the cup. I was expressing at work during my lunch break so Ava could have a cup a day, but this whole first week she kept throwing it on the ground and not drinking any of it. She would wait for a breastfeed when i picked her up at\u00a05pm\u00a0after work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Week 2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0of childcare and breastmilk \u2013 still avoided drinking my breastmilk\u2026 but I kept expressing and Ava kept throwing her cup onto the floor\u00a0and not drinking it out of the cup. I would still breastfeed her in the morning before work and after work 2x feeds per day and no other times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Week 3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0of childcare and breastmilk \u2013 still avoided drinking my breast milk\u2026 So i decided to stop expressing every second day as there was no point. Ava wasn\u2019t drinking it out of the cup so it was being wasted.\u00a0I would still breastfeed her in the morning before work and after work 2x feeds per day and no other times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Week 4<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0of childcare and breastmilk \u2013 I stopped expressing all together at work, and childcare started to offer cow\u2019s milk (as Ava was over 1 years old). But she still didn\u2019t want milk from the cup.\u00a0I would still breastfeed her in the morning before work and after work 2x feeds per day and no other times.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Realisation hit\u2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ava was happy breastfeeding twice a day, I was getting so stressed for no reason about Ava not drinking my breastmilk out of a cup at childcare. I should have just listened to her in the first place\u2026\u00a0she didn\u2019t want a cup full of milk, she was content with water all day at childcare and was happy to wait to breastfeed when we got home after and before work\/school.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-859\" style=\"width: 916px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-859 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.47.19-pm.png\" alt=\"Ava's first day of childcare\" width=\"916\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.47.19-pm.png 916w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.47.19-pm-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.47.19-pm-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-9.47.19-pm-600x367.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ava\u2019s first day of childcare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-862\" style=\"width: 925px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-862 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-10.04.18-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"925\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-10.04.18-pm.png 925w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-10.04.18-pm-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-10.04.18-pm-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-27-at-10.04.18-pm-600x390.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">week 3 of childcare\u2026 and Ava\u2019s 1st birthday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Ava is now\u00a017 months old\u2026<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still now at 17 months old, Ava absolutely LOVES going to \u2018school\u2019. She loves socialising, she loves the teachers, and she loves playing, learning and discovering every day! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ava\u2019s food:<\/strong>\u00a0I am still providing Ava\u2019s food every day, i pack her breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, she eats a variety of healthy choices. She is also now trying her best using metal cutlery (which i also provide, so Ava gets use to metal cutlery rather than plastic) and is eating all her meals (except of course when she is sick or does not feel like eating a certain food).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sleep:<\/strong> It took a couple of weeks for Ava to\u00a0get use sleeping at childcare in the beginning i.e. she found it hard to transition so quickly to 1x sleep a day and would come home overtired, but that improved after a few weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sickness:<\/strong> she has been sick on and off now for 7 months but i keep reminding myself she is building up her immune system. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Milk:<\/strong> Ava never ended up taking any bottles of milk, no cups of milk so she just stuck with tap water from 12 months old throughout the day in her cup and I breast\u00a0feed her in the morning before work and when we got\u00a0home after work. This was enough for Ava from 12 months old and beyond\u2026 and still now at 17 months old Ava may have 1x feed a day after work or 2x feeds a day if she wanted it in the morning as well. We are very happy how this is going. I have not \u2018dried up\u2019 on one feed a day \u2013 the human body is pretty amazing!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Some example foods I pack for Ava:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-851\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-851 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/childcare-food-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"breakfast and lunch child care 12mo\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/childcare-food-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/childcare-food-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/childcare-food-600x1067.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/childcare-food.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">avocado on toast, blueberries\u00a0and lunch risotto balls 12mo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-852\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-852\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/chold3-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"childcare food 12mo\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/chold3-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/chold3-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/chold3-600x1067.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/chold3.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yo-yo balls and chicken curry 12mo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-854\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-854 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hiohni-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hiohni-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hiohni-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hiohni-600x1067.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/hiohni.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banana wheels, salmon and steamed greens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-860\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-860 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bf-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bf-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bf.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ava\u2019s breakfast loaf with blueberries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-861\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-861 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bik-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bik-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.babyledweaningideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bik.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bfast: eggy muffin with strawberries, lunch: meatballs with soba noodles and veg, kiwi and porridge balls for afternoon tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ava was nearly a 1 year old when we put her into childcare full-time as I was going back to work\u2026 I was so grateful having spent one whole year with Ava all day every day, I would not have had it any other way. 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